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..con.tantlv Hawking and spitting,'
Threa RottIes Cure Catarrh.

ELI RoBBrNs. Runpan P; O., Columbia .unab r 20,
She was sa1 Ave Years old, very badly. saw Dr.:
sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and e, Pre-
cured bottle for her, and soon saw , sna1 II
helped her; 9 third bottle enec.ea a IA gd and
eouud and heaEty.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

TIP tho waiter heavily if you would heav.
ily tip the scales-Hotet MAJ.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

IT is the silent watches OF the night that
render alarm clocks necessary.-Tezas Svt-
inns
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MhatIt Means;

MINISTER'S are about the only servants
who do not have Sunday out. "-HarPe''s
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If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.: Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it25c
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"You'vE got the drop on me-" as the pa
per said to the ink lot-Charlestown Enter-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-05

THE willy autumnal politician, like the
street Arab, stumps it for suckers
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D 9! , !!!?
HF is offered by the manufactur-
~ ~A ers Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
~ n MN Kennedy, for case, OF
~ NV Chronic Nasal Catarrh which
EWH$~ they cannot cure.
SYMPTOMS OF. CATARRH.-Dull,
heavy headache from OF t he bead
into the throat, sometimes profuse. watery,
and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,
purulent, bloody and putItd the !, eyes are
in the ears, deafness, hacking or coughing to
clear the throat, expectoration OF onenslve
matter. together with scabs from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has nasal twang; me
naired: there is a sensation of dizziness with
mental depression, hacking cough and gen.
eral debility. Only few OF the above-namea
symptoms are likely to Ss Without VIZ
suit in Consumption, and end in the grave;
No disease is so common, more deceptlye ano
Sr ess healing
cases r. sa 81 Catarrh, cold in the heads
Coryza, and Catarrhal, ne aeaG "a cants
Sold by druggists everywhere; oo Genus
UUntOld Agony from Catarrh."
Prof. W. HAusNER, the famous m xsaae!ast
+ I suffered untold agony from chronic nasa
catarrh Ny family sa1 a die saMSi case up
such had one, that every day, towards sun
voice goud 50 he moron
nv conlFhinr and clearing of my throat woul!
almost srass me- s three BY tine on nss
man. and the cure has been permanent"
~Constantly Hawking and Spittng.'
THOMAS ]. RUSHING, ESQ, 1908 Pine Stree
| 81 Ioaas. No.. writes: IS l was great suffere
for three years At tines cp%'
and Splitting, and for the last eight month
could not breathe through the ne, no, nostr1Is b.,
ily. was advised to try DR.. Sage's CatarI
Remedy and am now y gs f %a etarr lenss
man,,fact1red. and one has only to give 1t
fair trial to experience astounding results az
permanent cure"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
SOUTHERN PORK.

There is money to be made in the
South raising hogs for pork. Pork
can be raised here as cheap as any
where; and as our merchants must
keep supplied with pork to fill the
daily calls that are made upon them,
they would just as soon purchase
Southern pork as Western pork for
their trade. The cheapest pork is
made, not upon corn, but upon grass.
Bermuda and Lespedeza will make
good and profitable pasturage for hogs
AS grass is the natural and cheapest
food for the horse and the COW and
the sheep, so it is for the hog.
Red clover is excellent for hogs,
and those whose land are adapted to
it's growth ought to raise it for this
special purpose Fence in large hog
pasture and not overstock it. Provide
plenty of water Keep salt and ashes
where they can get it always. Get
good stock The Berkshire hog is a
good one, the Poland China a good
one, the Essex good one and very
many speak in exalted terms of the
Reds. Have your goober patches,
chufa and pea patches, and turn the
hogs in them in the fall, and they will
fatten very rapidly. Grow enough
corn to feed the fattening hogs for
about one month before slaughtering
for the purpose Of hardening and
solidifying the meat. You will have to
feed little corn during the winter,
until spring, to the breeding stock,
and the young things" that will be
necessary to carry over another year
In order to save corn in this connec-
tion you would find it profitable to get
a cooker and cook largely of cotton
seed In the morning feed seed and
in the evening corn, or corn in the
morning and seed in the evening
Cooked cotton seed is not only cheap,
but wholesome food for hogs.
The paragraph below we clip from
the Ieras &ocknaan
GA Bee county man sold 1873 hogs
in Victoria and Cuero This shows
that the bacon question is being set
tied in this section"
We love to publish such clippings
as the above The meat question is
an important one in the South. We
must stop the annual drain of money
that flows Northward yearly for our
meat supply. Why do we not raise
our own meat ? 1t is because we WILL
T.-tSouthern Lave- Stock Journal
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
THE VIRTUES OF FCOTTON-SEED
MEAL.

Tn your comments on my communi-
cation, you suggest that a barrel of
cotton-seed oil be spread over an acre
acre Of land or poured on compost
heap. Used in this way it would be
like floats, slow and unsatisfactory.
Floats, when treated with acid become
active and efficient. So cotton-seed
oil, treated with potash or soda, be-
comes plant food. Its combination in
the seed, like that in raw ground
bones, renders it plant food.
This question seems in fair way
of solution by the large number OF
oil mills projected to be built in the
near future, to make a more profitable
use Of the oil than as fertilizer
You ask for the experience of those
who have used cotton-seed meal as a
fertilizer or for feed. Its use as feed
seems almost overlooked, even by
those who grow the seed My plan is
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
RALEIGH, N. c., JUNE %, 1887.

of Righteousness and life. A genera
tion or so ago the brightest boys of
the farmers family were assigned to
the professions. The dull fellows
were sent to the fields. a-days
different order of things prevails.
Once the idea was popular that only
muscular strength was necessary on a
farm-the strength to guide plow,
to WELD an axe, hoe or scythe-
the endurance to 60 through with the
sweltering tasks of summer or the ex-
posing duties of winter. These import
ant requisites given, a BOBBY might
fill the place just as well as any one
else So some folks used to think,
but what say you, working farmer
boys? Do you not place a higher
estimate upon your skill, and upon the
value of your services ? Look up,
then, and vindicate yourselves. You
are getting health and strength from
the wholesome exercises of the fields,
and that you may have the necessary
intelligence to combine with this
strength for the proper prosecution Of
your calling, apply yourselves diligent
ly to acquiring knowledge whenever
respite from labor shall give you the
opportunity.-Planter and Stockmors.
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No. 18.

to mix it with bran, half of each, and
wet with boiling water Thus I feed
it to all animals | feed at all, even
fowls. l have no hogs or horses so
have not tried it for them. Thus used,
if the quantity be gradually increased,
no harm will ensue if they get all they
will eat.
I consider it cheaper food than
corn or oats, and the resulting fertil-
izer far richer. pen my stock at
night and then run in pasture in the
day time, thus saving the fertilizer
from woods fires. I supplement this
feed with every other grow at home,
and throw into the cow-pen every sort
of refuse that will rot, and about once
in six months change the site of the
pen and cart out the contents of the
old one, the account of which will sur
prise new hand at the business, and
where applied to crops will again sur
prise him by the extraordinary growth
it induces. Thus increasing in geo.
metrical ratio his ability to further
increase his pile of cow-pen manure,
in which liberal mixture of muck is
of great advantage.
When | fertilize with meal direct, |
SOW it broadcast after the crop has
come up and work it in, always with
good results, but | consider it much
the most economical to use it first as
feed.-D. O. UnderhaU, an Florida
Farmer and FTuat- Gro1Der.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
THE WHEAT CROP.

CHICAGO, Ill, May 29.-The follow.
ing crop summary will appear in this
weeks issue of the Farmers Reuiew !:
Our reports this week indicate that
local rains throughout the Western
States have more or less broken up
the drouth. There is an improved
condition of affairs in relation to win
ter wheat The crop is noticeable in
Indiana and Ohio, and while other
States have suffered from lack of rain,
it seems probable that should the pres
ent condition continue the damage will
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Yours truly,
n. B. WHITFIELD, Master.

HOUSE CREEK, N. c., June Is, 's7.
At call meeting Of the farmers Of
House Greek township, after hearing
speech by J. B. Barry, of Texas, set
ting forth the object of the meeting,
the farmers thereupon organized a
club known as the Farmers Club of
Alliance of House Greek, composed Of
the following names:
w. G.. Allen, President.
M. NJ Perry, Vice-President.
w. R. McDade, Treasurer.
J. V. Hubbard, Secretary.
H. W. House, Chaplain.
W. H. PEBBLES, Secretary.
R. H. Sanders, Asst. Secretary,
Isaac Blake, Door Keeper.
J. A. Underhill, Asst. D. K.
L. NJ. Emery, g. K. Buffalo, S. H.
Harris, A. A. Johnson and B. B.
Emery, all P. O. at Raleigh, N. c.
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Farmer boys, you need not envy
the young men who stand behind the
counters of the city shops. You need
not envy these young men who are
making ready to take the places of the
great army of lawyers and pettifog-
gers who are subsisting by the itiga-
tions of quarrelsome and contentious
clients. And certainly you ought not
to envy the boys who have no employ
ment at all those who are growing up
to manhood without acquiring indus
trious habits upon which to rely in
times of great need and pressing
emergencies, whose idleness invites to
temptations which so often lure to
mental and bodily ruin. Your clothes
may not be so finely spun and made
as the city boys, but you are the peers
of them all, with your bronized faces
and horny hands, however pretentious
their employments. Your business is
one which antedates every other voca
tion in the world. The farmer was
plowing and sowing and reaping his
harvest long before a merchant, or
lawyer or doctor was known and he
still stands foremost at the gates
whence issue to the millions of the
world the steady, never-failing streams
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
FAILURE AND SUCCESS OF
CREAMERIES

The establishment of creameries or
butter factories has done much to light
en- labor in farmhouses, to improve
the quality of butter, to increase good
price for it, and to enable the producers
of milk to obtain cash for it at regular
times. That many creameries have
failed does not go to show that the
system of manufacturing is faulty.
Some have failed because too much
money was expended in the erection
of buildings and the purchase of ap-
paratus. Others did not meet with
success for the reason that the build
ings were not located where it was
convenient for farmers to deliver milk
or cream, and there were no arrange
ments made for collecting them. Still
others failed on account Of lack of
skill on the superintendent or operator,
or want Of proper business manage
ment. Creameries have been started
in several places before the farmers in
the vicinity were ready for them.
They had inferior COWS that had been
accustomed to suckle calves, and had
never been properly trained by COM
petent mixer. The farmers them
selves were lacking in experience in
the feeding and general care of dairy
COWS, and were generally Indifferent
or very poor mixers. Men who are
not accustomed to it do not take kindly
to milking cows.
A creamery should not be started
in a farming neighborhood till the
farmers are ready for it. Generally
it will take them at least two years to
make preparations to supply it with
material. They will require some
time to raise or collect herd of good
mixers and to learn how to take
proper care of them. They will need
instructions in the operations of cool
ing, straining, and handling of milk.
They will want time for collecting
money to build and supply a building
for the manufacture of butter. The
building need not be very expensive
one, though if farmers follow the ad-
vice of g sharpers who make bust
ness of organizing creamery compa-
nies, putting up buildings, and supply
ing them with apparatus, it will be
likely to be so. Economy must be
exercised in the erection and manage
ment of a butter factory or the profits
derived from it will be small. 1t will
require good executive management,
like any other manufacturing estab- !
ishment. It's ultimate success will
largely depend on acquiring a reputa-
ton and keeping it. Once established
and put under proper management it
will most likely prove to be paying
institution and result in great benefit
to the neighborhood where it is
located.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23

rain is generally needed except in the
Southern States. Twenty three coun-
ties in Illinois this week report the
average condition of winter wheat at
83 per cent. Cumberland, Lasalle,
Marshall Moultrie, Scott, Douglass
and Johnson counties report the con-
dition Of their crops at 100 per cent.
Injuries from chinch bugs are reported
by Edwards, Oily, Fayette, Franklin,
Lawrence, Massaca, Monroe and
Johnson counties, while the Hessian
fly is at work in White county. Ten
counties report lack Of rain, while
eight others have sufficient moisture
and nine are not suffering.
Fourteen Indiana counties report an
average condition in winter wheat of
81 per cent. The average reaches 100
in Madison, Miami, Monroe, Rush and
Spencer counties The weather, on
the whole, in Indiana is now favorable
to the winter wheat crop. Eleven
Ohio counties report the average con-
dition above that of last week. Local
rains have fallen in many districts of
the State, and prospects for a crop are
much better. The condition of winter
wheat is placed at 8S per cent. in
seven Michigan counties reporting.
The average reaches 100 per cent. in
Grand, Traverse, and Shiawasse
counties, and ranges from Is to 95 in
the others reporting. Rain is still
needed in Grand, Traverse, Lenewee
and Van Buren counties The coun-
ties reporting from Wisconsin this
week give the condition of winter
wheat at IS per cent The percentage
of the condition of the crop in Fond
du Lac is placed at 100, in Marquette
at 80, and in Cheppewa at SO, the
latter county having suffered from
drouth The condition of winter
wheat in Missouri is promising.
Eleven counties report an average con-
dition Of 96 per cent. The condition
in Mercer county is placed as high as
l2O per cent, in Livingston at llO
and in Barry, Benton, Montgomery
and Newton counties at 100 per cent.
1uJuI y w CI1C CIOP 11Olll GILL WILLIS
is reported in New Madrid and Cape
Girardeau counties. Kentucky coun-
ties reported this week place the con-
dition of winter wheat at an average
of from IS to 100 per cent. Ten
counties in Kansas report the condition
of winter wheat at 68 per cent. of the
average Complaints are numerous of
drouth and bugs. Hail killed most of
the crop in Clay county on May %.
The condition of spring wheat in
Minnesota is placed by four counties
at So per cent. of an average, while
four others report the condition as
good. Six counties report a lack of
rain, while others are well or fairly
supplied Iowa promises to have.
good crop Of spring wheat, nine coun
ties report the condition of the crop at
an average of "a per cent. Local rains
have fallen, but much more is needed.
Seven Nebraska counties report the
condition of spring wheat in that
State at an average of 81 per cent
Local rains have fallen but more is
needed Meadows and pastures
throughout the country are in good
condition where local rains have oc-
Cured, but majority have been
shortened by drouth.-South West.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
AN EXODUS FROM THE FARMS.
The Young Men of the South Will Not
Till the Soil any More.

There is phase of life at the South
which not only gives occasion for ear
nest thought, but serious alarm. When
the war closed, and for number of
years after, the changed condition of
affairs led many young men to believe
that the cities and towns afforded the
best fields for making a living. Farms
and farm houses were in ruins, labor
was disorganized, and there seemed
to be no profit in tilling the soil. To
a very great extent, therefore, young
men sought the centres of population,
while their fathers rented the farms
to negroes Many found employment
as clerks in stores, others entered some
one of the learned professions. AS
rule, the clerks received small salaries,
and when the busy season was over,
their occupation was gone until the
return of the fall. In the summer
months some went back to the farms
and engaged in irregular work but
majority remained upon the scene of
their spasmodic careers as clerks, and
kicked their shins in idleness. Those
who entered professional life Jared
no better than the clerks. A few
made fame and fortune, but by far the
greater number barely succeeded in
keeping up the union between body
and soul.
The example set by these young.
men was contagious, because the
exodus from the farms continues, and
every year there is a large increase in
the number of poorly-paid clerks and
half starved lawyers and physicians.
In recent years the activity in mining,
manufacturing and railroad building
has been an additional inducement to
young men to seek the centres of pop
ulation. This was never so apparent
as at present. The dazzling stories of
rapidly acquired fortunes in the pur
suits just mentioned have caused
rush of young men to the cities and
towns that is astonishing, and to which
there seems no end.
The exodus from the farms has two
unfortunate results-one is, that the
farms suffer, and the other is, that the
pursuits open to young men in the
cities and towns yearly become
more crowded, thus lessening the op-
portunities for acquiring competency.
The exodus ought to stop. It is based
upon fallaey. Young men who re-
main on the farms, and cultivate them
intelligently and industriously, are
much more likely to make fortunes
than those who seek a livelihood in
the cities and towns. Besides, the
prosperity of the country depends
upon the prosperity Of the farming
interest, and unless farmers and the
sons of farmers do their duty the
country cannot prosper.-Savannah
NeoUs
The Agricultural College will cure
this. Interest the boys and teach
them to make the farm interesting
and profitable, and they will stay
there.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
FARMERS

FARMERS CLUBS AND AGRICULTURE
GENERALLY.
On the I'd of April the Lower Creek
Farmers Club organized at Marvin
camp ground under f1attering auspices.
Fifteen members have joined. The
farmers in that locality are taking a
lively interest in the matter and, at
the next meeting, many more mem
bers are expected to join. B. NJ.
Tuttle, Esq, was elected President,
John b. Corpening, jr., Vice-Presi-
dent and H. NJ Kent Secretary. The
regular day for meetings is on the first
Saturday of each month. The subject
for discussion at that meeting is the
best method of cultivating corn.
The subject of farmers clubs in
general was discussed at this meeting
and it was decided to encourage the
formation of local clubs in different
sections of the comfy, and when
enough local clubs have been formed,
to organize a County Association to
meet once quarter and to be composd
of delegates elected by the local clubs.
Mr.. II. M. Kent, one of the active
members of the Lower Creek Club, is
making some interesting experiments
in wheat culture. He has planted four
sections in wheat and fertilized one
section with beef blood mixed with
dirt, one with burnt bone one with
ashes and one with Merriman's COM
mercial fertilizer. Each section was
planted with five grains five feet apart.
He frequently stirs the earth around
each bunch of wheat and adds more
of the fertilizer to it.-Lenoar Topic.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
THAGARD's MILL, Moore Co., N. c.,
May 30th, 1887.

THAGARD's MILL, Moore Co., N. c.,
May 3Oth, 1887.
On May the l4th, 1887, at Thag-
ards Mill, there was organized a
farmers club, known as the Farmers
Club of McNeill's township, and on
the 2Sth of May the club met in ses-
sion and the following persons were
elected officers for the ensuing year :
w. @. Thagard, President.
John A. Blue, Vice-President.
P. Pope, Secretary.
M. A. Munroe, Treasurer
f. D. Mclean, R. E. l.. Thagard,
N. A. Underwood, Noah Deaton, D.
Mcneil, Executive Committee.
This club consists of twenty mem
bers.
The subject for discussion on June
25th, What is the greatest drawback
or hindrance to the farmers of this
community?
A motion was made and carried
that the above proceedings be made
known to The PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
and ask admittance of the same for
publication in it's columns.
Respectfully,
FARMERS CLUB
of McNeills township.
P. Pope, Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-23
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing.

SEVEN SPRINGS, N. c., June IA, 'S7.
General Deputy Eaton has re-organ
lied Stella Grange No. III, Patrons
of Husbandry, and 1 would like to
have some specimen copies Of your
valuable paper for distribution among
the farmers.
Vo,1rc t,,,11v
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-11-12
TIE TEST.

Jenny Lind MADAM Goldscmidt)
the celebrated Swedish singer, is
dead. She was Sc years of age.
President Cleveland and most of
the members Of his Cabinet are no
busiIy engaged in the preparation OF
their annual reports to Congress.
There were more than a thousand
one armed or onc-leggcd veterans a,
Macon to greet the great Confeder.
ate ex.President. 1t was indeed q
most touching testimonial of sym
pathy and affection, says the Will
mington Star.
Mr.. J. {. l.. Harris, acting Chair
man OF the Republican State Execu.
tive Committee, has called q meet,
ing OF that Committee to be held in
the city of Raleigh, on Wednesday,
the Nth day of December next at
~ a. m, TO Tx the date and place of
meeting OF the next Republican
State Convention.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-11-12
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